William Bonnet of France, Simon Gerrans of Australia, Jose Mendes of Portugal, Greg Henderson of New Zealand and Ramon Sinkeldam of the Netherlands lay on the ground after being involved in a crash with about 31 miles remaining in Stage 3 of the 2015 Tour de France from Anvers to Huy on July 6, 2015, in Huy, Belgium. (Doug Pensinger, Getty Images)

Boulder-based pro cycling team Cannondale-Garmin is facing early adversity in the Tour de France, with race co-leaders Andrew Talansky and Dan Martin more than two minutes back of overall race leader Chris Froome after Stage 3.

The trouble started on Stage 2 from Utrecht to Zelande, when the peloton — riding through a series of roundabouts near Rotterdam in the Netherlands — split, with some riders splitting left, and others right.

Talansky — one of three Americans riding in the Tour — and Martin both went left, where a diesel spill combined with slick roads ultimately led to a crash that caused them to split from the peloton. Heavy winds along the ocean eventually doomed that third group further as they fell off the back fell back by 90 seconds, a delay that also claimed Colombian and pre-race co-favorite Nairo Quintana of Movistar.

“A diesel spill — it’s one of many things you can’t do anything about,” Cannondale-Garmin CEO Jonathan Vaughters told The Denver Post in a phone interview late Monday night about what happened on Stage 2. “Luckily no one got injured. Now, we just have to get creative on how to get that time back.”

Without that loss, Martin and Talansky — sitting at No. 20 (2:06 back) and No. 23 (2:49 back), respectively — likely would be in the top 10 in the overall classification. Their opportunities to regain time on the flatter parts of the Tour are much narrower. Quintana is 17th at 1 minute, 56 seconds behind Froome. American Tejay van Garderen — who lives in Aspen part-time — is third, 13 seconds back.

Now, the riders head into Tuesday’s Stage 4 from Seraing to Cambrai, which features roughly 8.2 miles of cobblestones, an obstacle over which Froome and defending champion Vincenzo Niabli can ride well — as can Talansky.

LONDON — Taylor Phinney’s chances for a medal in Wednesday’s Olympic cycling time trial might improve if Switzerland’s defending champion, Fabian Cancellara, doesn’t improve from the crash that hurt his right hand during Saturday’s road race.

Doctors would determine Monday if he was fit after a ride. From the sounds of it, he’s getting better.

The 31-year-old, who fractured a collarbone during the Tour of Flanders in April, was quoted in The Independent: “I am an optimist and now I hope the training (Monday) will show if the position on the time-trial bike suits me and if I can go forward.